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Kev, I suggest that you get the basics right first, and then fix problems one by one. Your focus is a mile out, what method are you using? If you blow up your image 400% you will see that the bright stars are two parallel streaks which
is strange!!!!!!! alignment problem in DSS maybe. Don't bother with stacking lots of images, or darks, flats, etc until you have the basic image acquisition process working reliably.No good looking at processing until you have images worth the time processing them.
For focusing, focus on a bright object using whatever method you like,
lock the focuser, recheck the focus, and slew to your target.
For alignment, google the DARV method, by far the easiest to learn, and after a couple of times will get you aligned in 10-20 mins, depending upon how far out you were at the beginning. When you achieve your first really
accurate alignment, mark the positions of the tripod feet, to make it quicker in the future.
raymo
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